a small plane has crashed near the main airport in washington. we want to bring you some live pictures. search and rescue boats have been deployed to the area. department posted at 9:09 local time, saying: "vicinity reagan national airport. "fireboats on scene." minutes later, aircraft incident on the airfield. the terminal remains open.

will update. we are speaking to our in washington. correspondence in washington. is obviously a correspondence in washington. developing the 77 story, writer saying the white house press secretary has said appears . is? ’;:i’ £5555: ...... ..... . appears a .. 7555.5: ...... ..... appears a military it appears a military helicopter with a helicopter collided with a regionaljet, we're hearing regionaliet, we're hearing cvs what is the latest from cvs what is the latest you can tell us? news has emerged in the last hour as you said it appears a regional plane from rfiélfifiél eléfifi efifi'fié flfifi kansas into the wichita, kansas into the reagan airport collided with a helicopter and crashed the helicopter and crashed into the pro two bar and there is a big em; turn; bar and thy-5 is; his ""*"""'*'**”"’ emergency operation just beginning now to search for survivors. news is just =gmfur= tbs has: isjuszt *"'” and i surgisgrsg tbs “cm isiust' ' " and i don't have a surgisgrsg tbs “cm isjust' ' " and i don't have a lot coming and ! don't base—let: ———~ 7— — ,. ~ add coming and ! don't base—let , — w, — ——— add to you said but to add to what you said but obviously this is being followed very closely by the fgéléliowed verleosely by the �* government year, fgylyliowed verleosely by the �* government year, by new, governmentyear, and by and newgovemmentyear, and by and we bewgovemmentyebr, and by and we have a team jbbrnalistsra ndwe have a team to the jebmalistsra nature have a team to the scene as speak.

going to the scene as we speak. we have a statement caroline we have a statement the federal aviation from the federal aviation authority as well, they say ap cr rj jet vmidyearé midyeariwith a; midyeariwith afh midyeari/vith arh 60 while on approach to helicopter while on approach to runway 33 at reagan rubbayjiat reagan washington- . . ., at 9pm internatienat éifbeft at {ism time. psa was operating local time. psa was operating as 5342 from american as flight 5342 from american airlines according to the faa and it initially from bee, a agageaa e. a .,,,,,.,, and kansas. ' "'.;r}d'k$hs$§.'rhe ' "qfid'kéhség. ”the federal wichita and kansas; ihefederat authority ntsb investigate j investigate the will investigate the statement says, the ntsb will leave the �*a' t�*ee �*jtc" legit! “eae the ,, ,-, 7 ~ '”~*' and �*a’ the “tee " 'eae the '7 ,,, , ~ 7777777 and faa investigatibn' and'the'faa says will provide investigatian' and'the'faa says will provide updates and they will preyidebpdates and they will preyidebpdates and the as they wilerey'ldebpdates and the as it comes in the nation as it comes in. we understand you oui’ correspondence mentionedbur cbuespehdehce going to the scene. we also h fox 7 7 fox news 7 7 7 fox news they understand from fox news they are reporting white house are reporting a white house spokesperson says president ”hasibeeinijh " 77 w ”hasibeeiniinadei ” w has been made aware of

trump has been made aware of the situation and as you say it appears as though it is a military helicopter colliding with unclear at present with a jétz'ldfiétefit'fit present how with a jétz'bffiétefit’fit present how many with a jeternetearrat present how many people were on eggctly how many people were on and how many gggctly how many people were on and how many people eggctly how many people were on and how many people may board and how many people may be impacted. as we these be impacted. as we get these updates will be update 77 update errors, what 77 update errors, what more can ills us about the area. i you tell us about the area, i understand close to understand very close to this 7 this is a very obviously this is a very incident happened there serious incident happened there will be an investigation into this, the prime focus will be to search for survivors, we to find out how many need to find out how many people would have been on—board that plane as it was coming in land. at 77 land. at the 77 land. at the reagan 77 land. at the reagan airport. also hearing as we are also hearing as well saying the dc police j and multiple departments and multiple agencies coordinating the search and operation search and rescue eperatien in river, no

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airport washingtenreagan atrpbrthas involved in an incident been involved in an incident we will provide information it becomes available. can as it becomes available. can you give our viewers a sense of at the we can see images at the moment we can see images of search and rescue can you give us an operation. can you give us an of how busy this year idea of how busy this year is? , , a, , ., space is? this is the capital this space is? this is the capital - this would _ space is? this is the capital - this would be - air| space is? this is the capital - this is tuld be - air| space is? this is the capital - this is late be - air| space is? this is the capital - this is late at - air| space is? this is the capital - this is late at night air| space, it is late at night here. am just reading now here. i am just reading now that ;: teas, that there are patella teas, we want to �* how many again we want to know how many people were on board that flight, and there will certainly be an investigation have 7 7 have happened, we 7 7 7 have happened, we don't = -7: �* what the 7 �*what the helicopter know what the helicopter was doing in the area, at the eeing in the areas at the f is h ' 77 there are eeing in the areas at the f is h ' '* there are many unknowns moment there are many unknowns but very serious incident, but a very serious incident, multiple agencies now responding it the responding to it from the emergency including a

on the river. a collision boat on the river. a collision that has shocked a country, and you said the ithihite house as you said the white house will be closely following with the new administration here, 7 what has 7 what has happened. 7 exactly what has happened mentioned that exactly what has happened mentioned th is investigation that is being by the fsa and the ntsb we held by the fsa and the ntsb we understand the letter will lead the are also the investigation. we are also from the house hearing from the white house press secretary trump press secretary president trump will continue to monitor witt sentinbe te men'iterthe" " according to situation according to the newswire reuters, saying newswire reuters, also saying a military helicopter it a military helicopter collided with a regionaljet that has from wichita and fire boats are at the kansas. fire boats are at the scene and we understand reagan national airport is it national airport is closed. it near the potomac river. we

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statement i read from the statement i'haveread from the authority, federal aviation authority, saying the airlines saying the psa airlines from badia pij, c saying the psa airlines from badia pij, c rj 700 badia pij, c rj 700 regional jet collided in �*with a jet collided in midyear with a h 60 helicopter on sikorsky h 60 helicopter on approach to runway 33 at reagan international washington international airport, was 9pm local close to two ago. time, close to two hours ago. we are reports from nbc we are hearing reports from nbc washington it was close washington saying it was close 60 and 70 people on board, to so and?@ people on board. to so and?@ people on board. to nbc washington. we according to nbc washington. we have not that have not had that independently confirmed as yet, all we know is there a capacity on this confirmed as yet, all we know is there a capac to on this confirmed as yet, all we know is there a capac to the his confirmed as yet, all we know is there a capac to the website plane according to the website there is capacity on flight 65 7 7 65 people. 7 65 people. a 7 65 people. a suggestio7n

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cruz, he has said, that according to reports from reuters, he has posted a statement and tweeted don't statement and tweeted we don't know how many on board were yet know how many on. board were . we know yet know how many on board were . we know there are patella lost we know there are patella thatis to lost we know there are patella that is to ted lost we know there are patella that is by reuters ted lost we know there are patella that is by reuters in d statement he has posted on the media platform. he did social media platform. he did not provide details of the of his let 777speak77 7 7 7 7 777speak7on 7 7 7 7 777speak7on the7 7 7 7 7 77speak7on the7 home 7 7 speak7on the7 home to 7 7 7 77speak7on the7 home to the7 editor—in—chief of the air thank you forjoining currents. thank you forjoining me. what can you tell us so far about this incident? est me. what can you tell us so far about this incident?— about. this incident?” what we about this incident?” what we know is confirmed point what we know is confirmed by the faa, a c rj point what we know is confirmed by the faa, a c rj 700 point what we know is confirmed by the faa, a c rj 700 regional jet operated by an affiliate of american collided a while the regional helicopter, while the regional jet was on final jet was-m tnaiapenar�*n tn international in -- washinton, dc. russia —— washington, dc.

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you can see the you car from :he you car from the capital building from the terminal it is close terminal it is incredibly close and it what is the preferred for those who live in airport for those who live in dc because it is so easy to get qc- because it is so easyateaget .---..--.-.,..-..,, it is qc- becaose it is so easyateaget . . . .. .. .... it is the quintessential centre airport, can handle city centre airport, can handle dozens and dozens of operations doeensand doeensof operations hour. these runways every hour. these runways are almost in continuous use during almost in continuoususeduring day at night it slows down ee of noise cu rfews 7 of noise curfews but because of noisecurfews but is one of america's because of noisecurfews but is (airports 1erica's because of noisecurfews but is (airports a rica's because of noisecurfews but is (airports a centre for 7 airlines, 7 also, huge 7 7 7 airlines, huge amounts american airlines, huge amounts of regional e_——m| in and out of their and connecting parts of the connecting all parts of the us. the was on its way from the flight was on its way from wichita, kansas, and again - - -apug-e - - ---. . .. 7 7 777577hlj§7e7hu7hihe7r7 7 7 7 7 7 777a77hug7e7nu7mbe7r7of 7 7 77 7 o7perations berof 77 7 o7perationsthat)f 7 7 7 operations that take esfir�*a' “beater” that take a aa aa a a aa aa a aa a aa aa aisle air craft place, single aisle air craft is one of this is one of america's airports. this is one of america's - airports-- this is one of america's - airports. this is one of america's airorts. ~ , busiest airports. we can see imaaes busiest airports. we can see images of — busiest airports. we can see images of search _ busiest airports. we can see l images of search - recovery images of search and recovery you can how secretifinreeeren === hee

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a very helicopter 7 it's a very busy helicopter corridor, again tightly and co7ordinated controlled and coordinated regular arrivals departures 7 departures fr7om national = but this is a airemt eutthie ie a ’ ’ ’ thatis and weld operations prolific and weld operations both in around the both in militaries around the world and us military and world and the us military and multiple branches, across multiple branches, there are variants of the are different variants of the sikorsky that are adapted for e7 a_my arm77y �* the arm77y specials coastguard, special operations. we also as you are speaking received confirmation according -- 7t7he7 - ----— -,-u -- --- 777t7he7r7ellte7rs7777 77 77 7t7he7reute7rs7ne7i77l/s 7 7 77 the reuters news wire, 77 7t7he7reute7rs7ne7i77l/s 7wi7r7e7, us 77 7th( 7of7fici7a7l7's7ne7i77vs 7wi7r7e7, us 77 7t7hl7of7fici7a7l7h7a7s7ei77vs 7wi7r7e7, us 77 7t7h(7of7fici7a7l7ha7s7c7o7nfir7m7ed is th;shragfheiohhrhed the army official has confirmed the crash involved a us army 7 hawk. how unprecedented black hawk. how unprecedented is that? it is very rare i imagine to hear of a 77co7llid7ir7lg 77 7 77 77 77co7llid7ir7lg with77 77 7 colliding with an army airlinercolliding witha. - -- in the aircraft? absolutelygzectainly _ in the wow aircraft? absolutelygzectainly _ in the world, that l anywhere in the world, that

would be a rare event, so for the us. 7 more so for the us. our viewers ou can more so for the us. our viewers you can see _ more so for the us. our viewers you can see the _ more so for the us. our viewers you can see the search - you can see the search and operation, clearly and 7 and clearly 7 and clearly a 7 and clearly a very 7 dc. and clearly a very extensive operation. you as you were about well you were talking about these flights that are operated by psa from american airlines, operated by psa regionaljet, operated by psa a regionaljet, they have a i 65 they have a capacity of 65 people that could have been on nbc washington there board, nbc washington there were 60 and 70 people were between 6g and .zereople board, these flights author r7e7lative77ly7f7u717l? generally relatively full? yes, are, this generally relatively full? yes, - are, this i typically - generally relatively full? yes, was obviously _ generally relatively full? yes, was obviously a _ generally relatively full? yes, was obviously a late - generally relatively full? yes, was obviously a late night - was obviously a late night flight there a they flight there is a chance they would have been fewer 65 would have been fewer than 65 aboard, and aircraft passengers aboard, and aircraft of that size, where there were 65 seats there would be to flight on board and flight attendants on board and two pilots, a flying and

monitorin-. so, 7 monitoring. so, up to 69 pilot monitoring. so, up to 69 aboard, also ajump pilot monitoring. so, up to 69 aboard, also a jump seat people aboard, also a jump seat that might have been occupied that might—have— been ossupieo be more that, 65 on board a jet of passengers on board a jet of this that operates in this type that operates in the us. i this type that operates in the us. . ., , this type that operates in the us. , g , , ? _-xert, thomas and aviation expert, thank you �*joining me. thank you forjoining me- we . seeing at the moment images are seeing at the moment images the search and rescue effort of the search and rescue effort following this collision we jet colliding with a airlines jet colliding with a in dc. are helicopter in dc. we are hearing how rare something like this is. what more can you tell jeffrey in terms �*specific usjeffrey in terms of specific aircraft seems very unusual, 7 7 77flight7 7 77 7 77f7lighth5th77 7 7 7 would not coordination would not have able 1664 00:17:56,700 --> 00